`Safe' Gang Suspect Gets 4-year Term

May 6, 2000|STAFF REPORTS

Palm Beach County — The second of three suspected "Safe Boyz" robbers pleaded guilty Friday to three felony charges and was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Darrell Washburn, 24, of West Palm Beach, was arrested Aug. 8 after a trio of would-be robbers crashed a stolen pickup into a Lake Worth gas station and attempted to make off with the safe. He pleaded guilty to charges of smash-and-grab burglary, grand theft and possession of burglary tools.

One of his accomplices, Scott Rounsavall, 25, of Loxahatchee, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison on the same charges. The case against the third man charged in the burglary, Douglas Sumrall, 26, of West Palm Beach, is still pending.

Authorities have said they suspected the three men were part of the "Safe Boyz," a group that has been robbing safes and ATMs in the area since 1996.